Grunt is a JavaScript task runner widely used in front-end development workflows, with its vulnerability footprint centered on the core Grunt product and characterized by path-traversal, insecure-default configuration, and time-of-check time-of-use race conditions that reflect risks in build-automation tooling. Treat this as a compact vendor profile; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Gruntjs over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
3 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2020-7729HIGH The package grunt before 1.3.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution due to the default usage of the function load() instead of its secure replacement safeLoad() of the packag | Sep 3, 2020 | 7.1 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-1537HIGH file.copy operations in GruntJS are vulnerable to a TOCTOU race condition leading to arbitrary file write in GitHub repository gruntjs/grunt prior to 1.5.3. This vulnerability is c | May 10, 2022 | 7.0 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-0436MEDIUM Path Traversal in GitHub repository gruntjs/grunt prior to 1.5.2. | Apr 12, 2022 | 5.5 | 17 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Gruntjs.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Gruntjs — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.